Exodus 26:30

Summary

The verse instructs the addressee (Moses) to erect the mishkan ("tabernacle", H4908) following a specific mishpat ("plan/pattern", H4941J) that had already been revealed to him on the mountain. The sentence closes the instructions concerning the tabernacle's construction with a command tied to a prior act of divine disclosure.

Key words

• ha.ke.mo.Ta ("you will set up", H6965H) — hiphil (causative) sequential perfect: continues a chain of instructions, indicating the addressee causes the tabernacle to stand upright, rather than merely "making" it.
• mish.Kan ("tabernacle", H4908) — masculine singular noun, marked with the definite article and the direct object marker 'et (H0853), identifying it as the specific, already-described structure.
• Mish.pa.T...o ("its plan", H4941J + H9023) — construct noun with pronominal suffix "its"; the construct form links it directly to the tabernacle, meaning "the plan belonging to it."
• ha.re.'Ei.ta ("you have been shown", H7200G) — hophal (causative passive) perfect: the grammatical voice removes the agent from the surface of the sentence — the text states that the pattern was shown to the addressee, without naming who showed it in this clause.
• 'a.Sher ("which", H0834A) — relative particle introducing the clause that describes the mishpat, connecting the command to the prior showing.

What the text says

The verse opens with a narrative vav (H9001) attached to a sequential perfect verb, ha.ke.mo.Ta ("you will set up", H6965H), which continues a series of directives begun earlier. The object is marked explicitly by 'et (H0853) plus the definite article on mish.Kan ("the tabernacle", H4908), so the command is about erecting this specific, previously discussed structure.

The manner of construction is governed by the preposition ke ("according to", H9004) attached to mish.pa.T ("plan", H4941J), a construct noun bearing the suffix -o ("its", H9023): literally "according to its plan." The construct chain ties the pattern directly to the tabernacle rather than describing it as a separate, freestanding blueprint.

The relative clause introduced by 'a.Sher ("which", H0834A) modifies this plan, using the hophal perfect ha.re.'Ei.ta ("you have been shown", H7200G). The hophal is a passive causative: it reports that the showing was caused to happen to the addressee, without grammatically specifying the source of the showing within this clause itself. The clause ends with ba.Har ("on the mountain", H2022G), locating this prior disclosure spatially.

Differences between versions

The LXX renders mishpat ("plan", H4941J) with εἶδος ("form/appearance"), and phrases the relative clause with a passive participle δεδειγμένον ("having been shown"), matching the passive sense of the Hebrew hophal. The Vulgate uses exemplar ("pattern/example") for mishpat, and monstratum est ("has been shown"), also preserving the passive construction. Both versions retain the passive voice found in the Hebrew ha.re.'Ei.ta, though neither specifies an agent, consistent with the Hebrew clause structure.